Continuous Line Quilting

Learn to quilt continuous line designs such as fillers, all-overs, borders and stand alone motifs without spending your time tying off and burying tedious threads! Follow continuous line patterns along with award-winning quilter Ann Petersen as you quilt a sampler with stipples, hearts, leaves, stars, snowflakes and more! With Ann's guidance, you'll feel comfortable turning non-continuous line designs into continuous ones in no time.

Lesson 5. Traveling in the Ditch

Lesson 6. Adding & Removing Lines

Add connective and decorative lines, or take lines away to maintain the design's integrity while making an efficient stitch path.

8:25

Lesson 7. Multiple Pass Designs

Learn to create your designs in multiple passes between connected motifs, resulting in a seamless pattern all the way across.

36:23

Lesson 8. Converting Non-Continuous Designs

Apply Ann's techniques to any design, laying out your strategy and rehearsing before sewing to troubleshoot tricky areas.

"Ann Petersen is a great teacher. She is responsive to questions and carefully builds our skill level as she proceeds from lesson to lesson. Now I have the confidence to make my free motion quilting continuous and I look forward to practicing writing my name." - Mary FKIllinois and Maine

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Lesson plan

33:51

Lesson 1. Introduction

Meet Ann, learn how to follow and transfer continuous line quilting diagrams, and get a feel for stitching out your work.

22:14

Lesson 2. Simple Continuous Designs

Practice along with Ann as you gain control of basic and straight-line stippling, adding loops and motifs as you gain more control.

22:40

Lesson 3. Continuous Line Motifs

Rehearse your new skills with hearts, leaves, stars, snowflakes and filler designs that can be applied to blocks and borders.

19:44

Lesson 4. Echoing

Repeat the graceful lines of a design in multiple repetitions, ranging from hearts and stars to more complicated echoed patterns.

Lesson 5. Traveling in the Ditch

Lesson 6. Adding & Removing Lines

Add connective and decorative lines, or take lines away to maintain the design's integrity while making an efficient stitch path.

8:25

Lesson 7. Multiple Pass Designs

Learn to create your designs in multiple passes between connected motifs, resulting in a seamless pattern all the way across.

36:23

Lesson 8. Converting Non-Continuous Designs

Apply Ann's techniques to any design, laying out your strategy and rehearsing before sewing to troubleshoot tricky areas.

The instructor

Ann Petersen, Instructor of Continuous Line Quilting

Ann Petersen has been sewing quilts since her childhood, and her work has been featured in numerous books, magazine and exhibitions. Annís quilts have won multiple awards, including first place at both the Houston International Quilt Festival and the American Quilter's Society Show in Paducah, Kentucky. She teaches quilting classes on Craftsy and around the US.

Ratings & reviews

Class rating

(39 reviews)

Excellent as usual

by cindew on June 27, 2015

I love Ann's classes. I particularly loved this one. I have made several quilt tops, but not quilted them yet, because I am intimidated by it. This class made me feel a little more confident that I can do it, and have it look good. Two of my quilt tops are king size. Thank you Ann.

I love Ann's classes. I particularly loved this one. I have made several quilt tops, but not quilted them yet, because I am intimidated by it. This class made me feel a little more confident that I can do it, and have it look good. Two of my quilt tops are king size. Thank you Ann.

The teacher Breaks Down Complex Skill

by rains03 on May 3, 2015

The teacher excels at breaking down a great amount of complex skills into small portions. This enables the student to study each small step therefore grasping the message. Her suggestion of taking written notes is invaluable. I went one step further and sketched each step onto a drawing pad as I studied each step.

The teacher excels at breaking down a great amount of complex skills into small portions. This enables the student to study each small step therefore grasping the message. Her suggestion of taking written notes is invaluable. I went one step further and sketched each step onto a drawing pad as I studied each step.

Great Program

by Sylvia Loudon on April 28, 2015

I love your lessons. I have watched them several times. I have them down loaded on my I phone. Sylvia

I love your lessons. I have watched them several times. I have them down loaded on my I phone. Sylvia

Frequently asked questions

Quilters who know how to do basic machine-quilting techniques, and are comfortable with their machines, get the most benefit from this class. Ann shows continuous-line designs that range from easy to complex.